1874-PASSAGE-DE-VENUS-Pierre-Jules-César-Janssen-1874-عبور-الزهرة-1874-janssen-passage-de - 10Youtube.com br Passage de Venus is a series of photographs of the transit of br the planet Venus across the Sun in 1874. They were taken in Japan by the French astronomer Pierre Janssen using his 'photographic revolver'. It is the oldest film in IMDb.